Accession No
6505
Brief Description
8-inch celestial globe, by Dietrich Reimer, German, 1920 (c)
Origin
Germany; Berlin
Maker
Dietrich Reimer
Class
astronomy
Earliest Date
1920
Latest Date
1920
Inscription Date
Material
metal (brass); wood; paper
Dimensions
height 370mm; diameter 203mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3LD. Lot 81, Christie’s Sale 4826, Travel, Science and Natural History, 25 April 2012.
Inscription
DIETRICH REIMER’S
HIMMELGLOBUS
BEARBEITET ROBERT HENSELING
Description Notes
8-inch celestial globe by Dietrich Reimer, circa 1920
Cartography is marked on 12 chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes. The ecliptic and equator are graduated; the stars are marked to five orders of magnitude and nebulae marked as small patch of dots, both features explained by legend on cartouche. Constellations are named and depicted with bold line; boundaries marked with hashed line. Main stars named. On turned wooden stand.
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Description
Celestial globes model the location of fixed stars, or unmoving celestial bodies, in relation to one another. They were helpful in solving some astronomical problems, but were often not large or accurate enough to be practically useful. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, celestial and terrestrial globes were increasingly used as teaching aids in classrooms or educational settings. The firm Dietrich Reimer that produced this globe was one of the major manufacturers of globes in Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dietrich Reimer continued to produce a variety of globes, mostly as educational tools in the classroom, until the 1960s.
14/01/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 14/01/2014
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